It's only a matter of time.

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• Are you sick of me? (Would u like 2 b?) by HeyItsRenna

  Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (Video Game)  

  • Explicit
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  24 Jul 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Ryland Grace
  • Ryland Grace & Rocky
  • Ryland Grace & Colt Seavers
  • Ryland Grace
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
  • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • Eva Stratt
  • Colt Seavers
  • Ava (Iron Lung)
  • Author Is Sleep Deprived
  • The Author Regrets Nothing
  • Ryland Grace and Colt Seavers are Twins
  • Protective Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) Loves Ryland Grace
  • Ryland Grace Loves The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Slow Burn
  • I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping
  • Ryland Grace & Rocky are Best Friends
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • My first fic
  • Blood and Violence
  • Everyone Needs a Hug
  • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
  • Space is lonely
  • Rocky (Project Hail Mary) Hates The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) is Scared of Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • Touch-Starved Ryland Grace
  • POV Ryland Grace
  • POV The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • The Author Regrets Everything
  • Simon is ALSO lonely
  • Slowest Burn Ever The Match Isn't Even On.
  • Grace MIGHT be depressed.
  • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
  • Ryland Grace Has PTSD
  • The Convict | Simon Has PTSD (Iron Lung)
  • The Convict | Simon Has Religious Trauma (Iron Lung)
  • Science Vomit
  • I might pursue a career in STEM after this...
  • Updates every week
  • Ryland Grace Has a Bad Time
  • Eventual Romance
  • Happy Ending
  • No one can make me hate stratt
  • Ryland Grace Is Not Graceful
  • Lore vomit
  • English Is Not the Author's First Language
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Heavily inspired by the book and movie
  • Heavily inspired by Iron Lung Game and Movie

  Summary

  After risking his only chance to return to Earth to save Rocky, Ryland Grace chooses to follow his best friend home to Erid. The journey from Tau Ceti is expected to take 3.7 years of ship time.
  But 2.5 years into the trip, they encounter a strange cloud of liquid drifting through interstellar space.

  Moments later, disaster strikes.

  As their ship begins to fail, Ryland and Rocky find themselves trapped inside a phenomenon that shouldn't exist.

  Or

  Grace and Rocky find out the real reason why Simon's stars are missing.

  Series

  • Part 1 of It's only a matter of time.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  29,331

  Chapters:

  7/?

  Comments:

  62

  Kudos:

  147

  Bookmarks:

  55

  Hits:

  2,971

• It's a sign of the times by HeyItsRenna

  Fandoms: Iron Lung (Video Game), Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir  

  • Not Rated
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  20 Jul 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
  • Ryland Grace & Rocky
  • Adrian/Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Ryland Grace
  • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
  • Original Eridian Characters (Project Hail Mary)
  • Fluff
  • Eventual Smut
  • Happy Ending
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Some angst
  • Amputee The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Ryland Grace Loves The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Ryland Grace Loves Teaching
  • Just fluff after the events of my first fic
  • Romance
  • Slice of Life
  • How Do I Tag
  • The Author Regrets Nothing
  • It's only a matter of time
  • everyone is so cute
  • Domestic life on Erid
  • Still some science
  • WOMEN IN STEM -Author
  • I need sleep
  • Touch-Starved The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Touch-Starved Ryland Grace
  • English Is Not the Author's First Language
  • Good times with the crew

  Series

  • Part 2 of It's only a matter of time.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  141

  Chapters:

  1/?

  Kudos:

  2

  Hits:

  107